2026 San Francisco Congressional Race
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Sunset Dunes becomes proxy battle in San Francisco congressional race
While Chan’s stance is seen as a winner on the Westside, Wiener is banking that it’s a winner for him across San Francisco.
Meet the S.F. congressional candidates: Who would you tax more?
Who should pay more? The top 0.1 percent? The top 1 percent? Or the top 10 percent?
What are the S.F. congressional candidates’ stances on the November ballot measures?
Connie Chan and Scott Wiener tell Mission Local where they stand on all eleven local and regional propositions on the November ballot, and explain their positions on Props. D and I.
Meet the S.F. congressional candidates: Do you support a data center moratorium?
Congressional candidates Wiener and Chan explain their stances on data centers and ensuring U.S. AI labs stay internationally competitive.
Ro Khanna backs Connie Chan, saying next S.F. congressperson will have ‘huge megaphone’
Chan’s campaign hopes that Khanna, a progressive who is not in Pelosi’s orbit, will open up new possibilities.
Connie Chan
- Job: San Francisco Supervisor (2021-present), budget chair (2023-2026)
- Age: 47
- Party: Democrat
- Prior offices: San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee (2024-present)
- Residency: Homeowner in the Richmond District, where she’s lived since 2011. Immigrated to San Francisco to Chinatown when she was 13.
- Children: One son who attended SFUSD schools through the 4th grade and currently attends Catholic school
- Transportation: Driving, public transit, walking
- Website: Connie Chan for Congress
- Education: Bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Davis
- Languages: English, Cantonese, Mandarin
Scott Wiener
- Job: California State Senator representing San Francisco and Northern San Mateo County
- Age: 56
- Party: Democratic
- Prior offices: Member, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, District 8; Deputy City Attorney, San Francisco City Attorney’s Office; member, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee (served as chair for two years)
- Residency: Homeowner in the Castro
- Children: None
- Transportation: Public transit, walking
- Website: Scott Wiener Democrat for Congress
- Education: Bachelor’s degree from Duke University, juris doctor degree from Harvard Law School
- Languages: English and Spanish
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Meet the Candidates
Welcome back to our “Meet the Candidates” series, where the congressional candidates respond to a question in 100 words or less. Answers will be published every Monday.
Read our previous Q&A with the candidates before the June primary to see where they stand on housing, tech, foreign policy and how they’d lead in Congress.
